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Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra. (AA File Photo)Opinion
Dilip Cherian | Mishra, Gauba, Bhalla and the ripple effect of many...

Why did the Cabinet secretary and Union home secretary get extensions for consecutive terms?

10 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

This handout picture released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on July 8, 2022 shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky looking at a map during his visit to the position of the Ukrainian army in Dnipro region. (AFP)Opinion
K.C. Singh | China, Ukraine shadow over Sept G-20 summit

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes for a peace summit of world leaders .

10 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

The most absurd part of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 is that while it purports to protect the individual from the misuse of digital data, there are no provisions aimed at preventing the risk of harm caused to individuals through the misuse of digital data by any agency, commercial or otherwise. (Representative image: DC)Opinion
Indranil Banerjie | A Law to Protect Citizens, Or To Help in State...

The Editors' Guild voiced concern about Sec. 17(4), which allows government and its instrumentalities to retain personal...

9 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

In 2023, India adopted the enhance strategy for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis, which has five pillars of interventions. (Image: Facebook)Opinion
740m people are at risk in India from a neglected tropical disease

India is in the last leg to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)

9 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parliament House complex during Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. The Lok Sabha membership of Rahul Gandhi was restored on Monday, days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a defamation case. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)Opinion
Shikha Mukerjee | Testing time lies ahead for the mother of democracy'

Disqualifying Rahul Gandhi within 26 hours of the Surat court's verdict was an act as much in indecent haste as it was...

8 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

J.K. Rowling poses for the media at the world premiere of the film \Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald\ in Paris. (AP File)Opinion
Kishwar Desai | Nigel Farage gets uncancelled'; no such hope for J.K....

If the cancel culture becomes a global movement then one wonders if, one day soon, her books can be even be published...

7 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

While Indias growth performance may not as yet warrant a ratings downgrade, political risk is not only about assessing the economic consequences of politics. It is also about the impact of politics on the standards of governance . (Image: ADB)Opinion
Sanjaya Baru | Too Many Tughlaqs': Why India's risk factor is rising

Peace and security, as that old adage goes, are indivisible

7 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

The BJPs outreach initiatives will also include public rallies to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi covering Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Anita Katyal | Will no-trust bid give PM boost? Tharoor stirs the pot...

This timing will allow Mr Modi to set the political narrative and end the session in a blaze of glory.

6 Aug 2023 12:15 AM IST

Amid prices of tomatoes and spices hitting the roof, onion prices are set to surge in September. (Representational Photo: PTI)Opinion
Sriram Karri | Tomatoes are not onions. Period!

Recent prime time discussion between Onion and Tomato got a bit out of hand.

6 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat. (Photo:PTI)Opinion
Pavan K Varma | The nationalist's economic argument against hate

A fundamental difference of opinion between RSS that has a long-term Hindutva agenda & BJP seeking immediate short-term...

6 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (DC Photo)Opinion
Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Beijing's wolf warriors' in fresh games: Watch...

Mr Jaishankar, in Jakarta, made it clear that till there was peace and tranquility at the border, there couldn't be...

5 Aug 2023 12:46 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (AP File Photo)Opinion
Farrukh Dhondy | Does Sunak have no fashion senseor is he simply...

Now Derek Guy, a men's fashion expert, contends in The Times that Hedgie's fashion sense is stuck in the year 2000.

5 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

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